Improvement in retainers for holding pressed and molded cigar-bunches



WILLIAM B. BREWER. 4 Improvement in Retainers for Holding Pressed and Moulded Cigar Bunches A No.ne,42a.

. Patented Aug. 29,1871.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM D. BREWER, OF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,428, dated August 29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. BREWER, of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, .have invented a Metallic Ring Retainer for Holding Pressed and Molded Cigar-Bunches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my metallic ring retainer. Fig. 2 is a view of the same open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the center of the same. Fig. 4: is a view of the metallic ring which holds the two portions of the retainer together.

After cigar-bunches that is, bunches of tobaccoleaves held together by binders previous to the application of the outside wrappershave been pressed and molded in a machine constructed for the purpose it becomes necessary to place them within retainers, which keep them in shape until they become set, when they are ready to have the wrappers applied.

This invention consists in a retainer formed of metal or other suitable material and divided lon gltudin ally into two portions, the entire tip or point of the retainer being formed in one and the' same piece with one portion thereof, whereby the division line at the point is dispensed with, and all liability of a seam being formed at the tip of the cigar-bunch by the failure of the two portions of the retainer to fit close together, as sometimes occurs, is entirely avoided.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawing, A represents the retainer, which is composed of metal or other suitable material. I prefer metal for the reason that the shape of the retainer, when made of this material, will not be afiected by atmospheric changes. This retainer is divided longitudinally into two portions, a I), each portion being hollowed out, so that when the two portions of the retainer are placed together the form of the interior will correspond to that of the cigar-bunch to be placed therein, so that the bunch, after being pressed and molded in a machine constructed for the purpose, will be kept in shape until it becomes set. At one end of the portion a is an enlargement or helmet, c, the entire tip or point of the retainer being thus formed in one and the same piece with the portion a. The interior of the part 0 corresponds to the form of the tip of a cigar, and is perfectly smooth without any seam or irregularity, so that all liability of a seam being made in the cigar-bunch at the tip is entirely avoided.

The front of the helmet 0 is beveled or inclined inward at 5, and under this incline fits the correspondin gly-beveled end 6 of the portion 1), which thus insures the ready and accurate fitting together of the two portions of the retainer without the use of the dowel-pins usually employed, which are objectionable, as the holes into which they fit are liable to become obstructed by tobacco-dust, which prevents the two portions of the retainer from fitting closely together, causing a seam to be made in the cigar-bunch. The

interior of the retainer is made a little larger than that of the mold or die in which the cigarbunch is pressed, so as to allow for the expansion of the bunch after it is removed from the mold or die, and thus avoid the liability of making a seam or seams on the sides of the bunch or cutting or tearing the tobacco.

After the pressed and molded cigar-bunch is placed within the retainer it is forced forward into the point thereof, and a metal ring, B, may be then slipped over the retainer, which serves to hold the two portions to b firmly together, the exterior of the retainer and the interior of the metallic ring B being made slightly tapering.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cigar-mold or retainer, provided with a helmet, (2, substantially as and for the purpose de-' scribed.

Witness my hand this 2d day of August, A. D. 1871.

Witnesses: WILLIAM D. BREWER.

N. W. STEARNS, D. 0. BATES. 

